initiative

Adjective

• serving to set in motion
  • the magazine's inaugural issue
    
  • the initiative phase in the negotiations
    
  • an initiatory step toward a treaty
    
  • his first (or maiden) speech in Congress
    
  • the liner's maiden voyage
    

Noun

• the first of a series of actions

• readiness to embark on bold new ventures

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  inaugural , initiatory , first , maiden , first step , opening move , opening , enterprise , enterprisingness , go-ahead